• Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Venturing and Entrepreneurship
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.187-200
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• 2012

Korean government imposed a free education policy called "Nuri-Curriculum program" available for children under age of 5 ever since march 2012 due to consolidation of national responsibility. The policy presents providing of cost-free and high-quality education/childcare services to people. Nuri program services will expand to applied age of 3-5 children from march 2013. however, because to gain successful outcomes from the program requires well-trained professional educator, it is necessary to standardize education infrastructure in order to improve employees' professionality. Therefore study suggests followings: fisrt, establishment of desirable role-model. second, unification of the training process. third, unifications of administration system and qualification standard. fourth, readjust curriculums to focus on basic knowledge of human life. fifth, clarify the duty of educator and systematize curriculums. sixth, consolidate base criteria.

• Journal of Convergence for Information Technology
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• v.11 no.3
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• pp.147-158
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• 2021

The purpose of this study is to perform of composition of young children teacher's verbal interactions and problem solving strategies by semantic network analysis. The data was collected the narrative of teacher in young children's environmental education. Additionally, this study used categories as a unit of analysis in order to find out structural characteristics. The results of this study were as follows. First, teacher's verbal interactions, providing information was the most cental, high influence appeared along with integration. Second, teacher's problem solving strategies, suggestion was the most cental, high influence appeared along with divergent thinking. Third, teacher's verbal interactions and problem solving strategies, suggestion was the most cental, providing information and divergent thinking appeared a strong connection. Besides, suggestion and decision were mediated by concern of problem, assessment appeared connection. Through these results from this study it is suggested that in order to interact and support problem solving process in young children's environmental education, teacher education to respond and understand contextually with young children is necessary.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.31-38
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• 2023

This study aimed to find out how gratitude disposition and creative personality affect teacher professionalism in 384 pre-service early childhood teachers. Data were analyzed using descriptive statics, Pearson correlation, multiple regression, and Sobel test for mediating effect. The results of the study were as follows: First, the average value was high in the order of teaching professionalism, gratitude disposition, and creative personality of pre-service early childhood teachers. Second, there was a positive corelation between pre-service early childhood teachers' gratitude disposition and creative personality, gratitude disposition and teaching professionalism. Third, as a result of examining the relative effects of gratitude disposition and creative personality on teaching professionalism, persistance was found to be the strongest predictor among creative personality.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Computer Information Conference
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• 2017.07a
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• pp.41-42
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• 2017

프로그래밍 교육이 초 중 고교에서 의무화될 예정인 가운데 코딩을 쉽고 재미있게 배우기 위한 교육 개발의 중요성이 대두되고 있다. 본 논문에서는 유아용 프로그래밍 교육 도구인 '큐베토'를 모티브로 하여 창의력, 상상력에 과학기술이 더해진 창의적 융합인재교육에 접목한 에듀테인먼트를 기반으로 한 STEAM 게임 콘텐츠 제작의 프로토타입을 제안한다. 제안된 STEAM 게임 콘텐츠는 유아의 흥미를 유발할 수 있도록 출판물 동화를 활용하여 길을 찾아 모험을 떠나는 스토리 전개와 캐릭터를 제작하고 이를 통해서 유아의 창의적 융합인재교육에 도움이 될 수 있을 것으로 기대한다.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.9 no.4
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• pp.135-158
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• 2013

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between the pedagogical content knowledge in science teaching of pre-service early childhood teachers and their attitude toward science and science teaching efficacy belief. A total of 294 pre-service early childhood teachers responded to a questionnaire that examined their pedagogical content knowledge in science teaching, attitude toward science, and science teaching efficacy belief. The results of this study were as follows: First, teachers had average pedagogical content knowledge in science teaching. The groups of 3rd and 4th grades were significantly higher than the 2nd grade group. Second, the teachers' recognition was below average in attitude toward science and science teaching efficacy belief. The groups of 3rd and 4th grades were significantly higher than the 2nd grade group. Third, a meaningful statistical relationship was found between the pedagogical content knowledge in science teaching of pre-service early childhood teachers and their attitude toward science and science teaching efficacy belief. As the score of pre-service early childhood teachers in pedagogical content knowledge in science teaching became higher, the score in attitude toward science and science teaching efficacy belief became higher.

• Asia-pacific Journal of Multimedia Services Convergent with Art, Humanities, and Sociology
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• v.7 no.6
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• pp.55-62
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• 2017

This research analyzes the character factor in picture book, so the purpose is to develop the early childhood character program through Nuri curriculum. Picture book is the most familiar media for childhoods, and we are available it naturally in our lives. For this first, we analyze 6 elements(consideration, respect, cooperation, sharing, order, filial duty) in teacher's guide of the Nuri curriculum. Next, consulting the analyzed factors, the 12 picture books which will be utilized this program are chosen by the standard like literary, artistic, educational value. The chosen picture book devised total 12 times education plan to design each 2 times education plan in the factors for teacher's guide of Nuri curriculum. Lastly, it was finally developed through validation process by 2 teachers and 2 the professors of early childhood education. The developed program is needed later field application and It is required of the effectiveness verification after we apply 12 times activities on each age of childhoods for 3 to 5 years od in education field, so it may improve elements like consideration, respect, cooperaion, sharing, order, filial duty as childhoods experience this program personally. Also, this can provide it to teachers in childhood eucation field as study guidance plan.

• Korean Journal of Child Education & Care
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• v.17 no.4
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• pp.91-119
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• 2017

The purpose of this study is to determine whether using a dietary education program based on learning cycle model has any significant effect on enhancing their nutrition knowledge, dietary behavior, science-process skill and scientific attitude. The subjects of this study were children in H and G daycare center in G City. The experiment group of this study was 16 children in the class of five-year-olds and 7 children in the class of four-year-olds who passed their birthday and became five-year-olds in H daycare center. The Analysis of Covariance(ANCOVA) and Pared t-test was conducted using SPSS WINDOWS 20.0 program. The results of applying dietary education program were as follows. Experimental group indicated enhancements between pre and post test of Nutrition Achievement Test, Nutrition Quotient for Preschooler, Science Process Skill and Scientific Attitude Assessment compare to comparative group. Therefore, we can conclude that the dietary education program does have effects on enhancing of nutrition knowledge, dietary behavior, science process skill and scientific attitude. The result of this study can be used as basic data to study dietary related factors that present importance of health dietary life of young children and need to provide educational experience of healthy diet for young children.

• Korean Journal of Childcare and Education
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.59-81
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• 2019

Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of early childhood science education instruction through the implementation of science teaching methods and science teaching attitudes of preschool teachers. Methods: This study was conducted on 52 female students in the early childhood education department of Early Childhood Science Education at G university in Gyeongbuk province. The data collected in this study were analyzed through reliability analysis, carbon scanners verification, and homogeneity verification; ANCOVA was used to verify the effectiveness of the program. Results: First, the results showed that the post-test belief of science teaching methods of the experimental group were significantly different than that of the control group. Second, the results showed that the post-test scores of science teaching attitudes of the experimental group were significantly higher than that of the control group. Conclusion/Implications: This study suggests that there were positive influences of early childhood science education instruction through the field practice on the belief of science teaching methods and science teaching attitudes of preschool teachers.

• The Journal of the Convergence on Culture Technology
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• v.9 no.6
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• pp.291-300
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• 2023

The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of teachers' motivation for choosing teaching on the relationship with career adaptability through self-directed learning in 271 pre-service early childhood teachers. As a result of the study, first, career adaptability, self-directed learning, and motivation for choosing teaching were high in order. Second, there was a positive correlation that the higher the motivation for choosing a teaching profession, the higher the self-directed learning and career adaptation, and the higher the self-directed learning, the higher the career adaptation. Third, it was found that self-directed learning of pre-service early childhood teachers partially mediated teachers' motivation for choosing teaching and career adaptability. This study is significant in that it sought various perspectives in practicing high-quality early childhood teacher education program and provided basic data on teacher education program.

• Journal of the Health Care and Life Science
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.61-68
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• 2021

This study involved using carefully selected fariry tales to effect children's peer competence and aggression. The subjects of this study were 41 four-year-old children from two private kindergarten in I city, South Korea. All subjects were from similar financial backgrounds and were divided into two groups: the experimental group(n=21) and a control group(n-20). The experimental group was given activities related to personality education after listening to fairy tales for 30 minutes every week, and the comparative group was given general daily routine operation. The collected data were analyzed by ANCOVA analysis using SPSSWIN 18.0. The results of the study showed that the experimental group had significantly higher peer competence than the control group and lower aggression. These results suggest that character education activities using fairy tales can have a positive effect on young children's peer competence and aggression.